For the 30 Schneider Electric employees who joined us for Monday’s Great Lakes Action Day at 63rd Street Beach, the workweek began not with interminable meetings and overflowing inboxes, but with sand dunes, a refreshing Lake Michigan breeze, and . . . 1,000 pounds of cheat grass?!

Who said April in Chicago is too early to clean the beach?! Last Friday, a few of Shedd’s own GLADiators took to the turbulent shore of Openlands Lakeshore Preserve for our first official Great Lakes Action Day of the season.

Water is essential for all life. Your very existence depends on clean water and so does that of every other plant, animal and microbe on the planet. World Water Day is a great chance to celebrate all that water offers life on Planet Earth, human and non-human.

Shedd Aquarium is a not-for-profit, tax-exempt organization and an accredited member of the Association of Zoos & Aquariums.Shedd Aquarium gratefully acknowledges the sustaining contributions of the Chicago Park District and the State of Illinois.